What fish should/can I put in a ten gallon tank?

Question

I already have two Golden Barbs in it, I was thinking of having two Angel Fish. I know about the inch per gallon rule, which means if I get two Angel Fish I'd be pushing it. Does anyone have any suggestions of community freshwater fish that would go well with the Golden Barbs?

Answer 1

I have two Golden Barbs in a ten gallon tank. I keep them with two black skirt tetras and three danios and an algae eater. They get along fine.

Answer 2

The inch per gallon rule doesn't apply to fish any bigger than small tetras and guppies. Angelfish need a minimum of 10 gallons per fish plus a 20 gallon base, so they definitely will not work ina 10 gallon tank.

I'd get a few more barbs to start with; barbs are nippy fish but get less nippy if there are more of them. Get at least 4... And that's pretty much the limit. Golden barbs grow to be about 3-4" long, so even with only 2, and even if you used the inch per gallon rule, you're using up 6 of your gallons.

And since you have gravel, rocks, wood, plants, etc, in your 10 gallon tank, that really ends up to be only 8-9 gallons.

You could, however get a handful of neon tetras, harlequin rasboras, or glowlight tetras; or a couple plati fish.

Answer 3

No angelfish in a 10 gal tank. They'll either end up dying, you'll have to get a much larger tank or take them back to a pet store.

I would get another Gold barb (try and have 2 females to one male) and 5 - 7 neon tetras. You can also put a couple corydoras in.

OR instead of the tetras, you can get 5 - 7 Harlequin Rasboras. They are lovely, peaceful and usually occupy the top half of the tank!

Answer 4

Angel fish can get fussy I would go with some mollies or guppies and a pleco.

Answer 5

you can overcompensate for slightly crowding the tank by cleaning more often.